Match report
Boulogne end long wait for a win with 2-0 victory at Grenoble
Boulogne won a league game for the first time this season, beating Grenoble 2-0 at the Stade des Alpes in Ligue 2 on Matchday 9. The visitors had gone eight league games without a win, and the result ended a run of 15 games without a victory.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The match stayed goalless through the first half and for much of the second. Boulogne made the breakthrough in the 79th minute, when Nolan Binet scored from an M. Soumah assist to make it 0-1. Grenoble, who managed only one shot on target all afternoon, found no response.
Abdel Hbouch sealed the points in the 90+2 minute, finishing after a pass from Benjamin Besic to make it 0-2. The win lifted Boulogne from 16th to 11th, nine points from nine games, while Grenoble slipped from 14th to 15th on eight points.
Oddsivio's pre-match forecast had given Boulogne a 25% chance of winning. Grenoble travel to PAU on Friday 23 October in Ligue 2, and Boulogne host Reims in the same competition on Monday 26 October.
Abdel Hbouch scored Boulogne's second goal in stoppage time and earned the match's highest rating, 8.2. Demba Thiam followed on 8.0 and Binet, scorer of the opener, on 7.87.
Boulogne put seven of their 15 shots on target, while Grenoble hit the target with only one of their 11.
Boulogne won 2–0 away against Grenoble (half-time 0–0).
Grenoble met Boulogne in the Ligue 2 (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Friday, 16 October 2026, 18:00 UTC at Stade des Alpes. Referee: Brendan Roffet.
Key moments
- 79' Goal: Nolan Binet (assist: M. Soumah) — 0–1 · Watch Nolan Binet's goal video (79')
- 90' Goal: Abdel Hbouch (assist: Benjamin Besic) — 0–2 · Watch Abdel Hbouch's goal video (90')
Starting line-ups
Grenoble (4-1-4-1)
Boulogne (3-1-4-2)
- 99 Blondy Nna Noukeu
- 15 Adrien Pinot
- 25 Antoine Kerriou
- 18 Demba Thiam
- 8 Jonas Martin
- 12 Julien Boyer
- 19 Nolan Binet (c)
- 14 Joffrey Bultel
- 11 Noah Fatar
- 64 Théo Epailly
- 10 Abdel Hbouch
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Grenoble 44%, the draw 31%, Boulogne 25%. It finished Grenoble 0–2 Boulogne.
Grenoble's stronger rating gives a slight lean, draw live — Grenoble lead mainly because our strength rating puts them 50 points higher, 1447 to 1397, though Boulogne's greater share of the ball in recent games pulls some way back. The draw starts from the usual 27% for a gap this size and rises to 31%, lifted by low-scoring recent games and one side's control of possession.
Why Grenoble at 44%?
Grenoble sit 50 points higher on our strength rating — 1447 to 1397. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.3% of 10,394 such games.
Why only 44%?
Boulogne hold 7 more possession points (46 to 39 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 39.8% across 5,483 games, from 44.0% when styles were level.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Boulogne win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 1.9 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 18,742. The goals environment adds 3.0 points to the draw. The control factor adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Grenoble come into this after a busy window — 18 arrivals and 10 departures over the summer. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336).
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About this match
On this page: the Grenoble vs Boulogne final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Ligue 2 fixture.
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- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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